A decision to eliminate the recital of the Kol Nidre formula from the Yom Kippur night service was taken by the trustees of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 15 West 86 Street, a ...

For the first time in its history the government-controlled Cairo radio broadcast the Kol Nidre opening the Yom Kippur services, it was reported here today from the Egyptian capital. The prayer was ...

(JTA) For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the Klausen ...

It was the holiest night of the year. Geoffrey Berman, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan reciting the Kol Nidre prayer, the beginning of ...

This story, which is translated from the Yiddish, is the second in a series of Yiddish holiday tales for children that will run throughout 5785. Read the original Yiddish text on page 24 of this ...

Anxiety is not usually my Yom Kippur accessory. I arrive most years with anticipation, like I’m queuing up for a soul-audit: I know I’m guilty, I know the charges, I’m just hoping for a lenient judge ...

Following Rosh Hashanah, a festive celebration of the Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur strikes a more sober tone. Yom Kippur is the most significant of all the Jewish holidays and marks the end of a 10-day ...

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